Section 2 of the Divorce Act, 1979, is hereby amended—
| (a) |
by the substitution for subsection (1) of the following subsection: |
| "(1) |
A court shall have jurisdiction in a divorce action if the parties are or either of the parties is— |
| (a) |
domiciled in the area of jurisdiction of the court on the date on which the action is instituted; or |
| (b) |
ordinarily resident in the area of jurisdiction of the court on the said date and have or has been ordinarily resident in the Republic for a period of not less than one year immediately prior to that date."; |
| (b) |
by the substitution in subsection (2) for the expression "subsection (1)(b)" of the expression "subsection (1)"; and |
| (c) |
by the substitution for subsection (3) of the following subsection: |
| "(3) |
A court which has jurisdiction in terms of this section in a case where the parties are or either of the parties is not domiciled in the Republic shall determine any issue in accordance with the law which would have been applicable had the parties been domiciled in the area of jurisdiction of the court concerned on the date on which the divorce action was instituted.". |
Contingency Fees Act, 1997
